University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2018-19 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Dan Blocker
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waukee, Iowa
- High School:
- Waukee HS
2021 INDOOR: Placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 51.34 and in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:27.73 at the Panther Invite (Jan. 9) … Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed second with a time of 3:23.77 at the Wartburg Friday Night Lights Meet (Jan. 29) … Clocked a time of 22.75 in the 200 meters to place third at the Jack Jennett Invitational (Jan. 22) … Recorded a season-best time of 22.55 in the 200 meters at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 12-13).
2020 INDOOR: Competed at the Jimmy Grant Invite (12/14) and the Hawkeye Invitational (1/10)… Placed third in the 4x400 at the Bison Team Cup (1/18)… Placed third in the 400 meters at the Jack Jennett Open (1/23)… Placed fourth in the 200 meters at the Cyclone Open (1/24)… Placed second in the 4x400 relay at the Black and Gold Premier (1/31)… Ran personal bests in the 200 meters and 400 meters with respective times of 22.09 and 50.01 at the Iowa State Classic (2/14)… Placed third in the 4x400 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29).
2019 OUTDOOR: Finished second in the 200-meters and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay at the Jim Duncan Invite (March 30)… Recorded a personal-best in the 400 at the Husker Spring Invite (April 6)… Recorded a personal-best and fourth place finish in the 400 hurdles at the Musco Twilight (April 13)… Competed in the 100 at the Musco Twilight (April 13)… Competed in the 100 and 400 hurdles at the Tom Botts Invite (April 20)… Finished second as a member of the 4x400 relay at the Tom Botts Invite (April 20)… Competed as a member of the 1600 medley relay at the Drake Relays (April 27)… Competed in the 100 and 400 hurdles at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 3)… Competed in the 100 at the MVC Championships (May 12)
2018-19 INDOOR SEASON: Was a part of the team that finished fifth at the Black & Gold Premier in the 4x400 with a time of 3:21.14… Finished fifth at the Badger Red & White Classic in the 60 with a time of 7.27, finished second in the 200 with a time of 22.75…. Finished second at the 2019 Jim Duncan Invitational in the 200 with a time of 22.51W, was on the team that finished second in the 4x400 with a time of 3:29.97.
2019 INDOOR: Set a PR in the 400m at the Jack Jennett Open (1/24-25) with a time of 51.50... got second place in the 200m at the Badger Red and White Classic (2/15) with a time of 22.75, also got fifth place in the 60m with at time of 7.23.
2018 OUTDOOR: Opened the outdoor season at the Musco Twilight (4/12) with a PR 11.02 in the 100m for a 15th place finish also ran the 200m with a time of 22.01 (15th place) and helped the 4x400m team to a 10th-place finish with a time of 3:22.27… Recorded a PR with a time of 21.82 in the 200m for an eighth-place finish at the Tom Botts Invite (2/20-21), also finished 12th in the 100m with a time of 11.11 and third in the 4x400m with the 3:19.66… Was part of the eighth-place 4x200m relay at the Drake Relays
(4/25-28) with a time of 1:27.64... Finished the season with a strong finish at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/4), He finished 6th in the 100m (11.05), sixth in the 200m (22.18) and second as a member of the 4x400m (3:14.96).
2018 INDOOR: Opened his collegiate career at the Cyclone Duals (12/8) with a pair of top-5 finishes in the 60-meter (7.10) and 200-meter (22.27), after placing fifth and fourth respectively… Finished seventh and ninth in the 60-meter (7.16) and 200-meter (22.74) at the Panther Open (1/13)… Finished 18th in the 60m in the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite (1/20) with a time of 7:17 and also competed in the 200m, finishing 10th with a time of 22.32… Finished sixth in the 60m at the Jack Jennett Open (1/25-26) with a time of 7.18… finished sixth in 200m at the Mark Messersmith Invite (1/27) with a time of 22.56…. was second in both the 60m (7.13) and the 200m (22.48) at the Shell Shocker Meet (2/16).
HIGH SCHOOL: Was the 2017 Iowa State Champion in the 4A 100-meter… Helped Waukee HS to back-to-back fifth place finishes at 4A state championships in 2016 and 2017... Broke the Waukee HS record for the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash after running a 10.73 and 21.78 respectively.
PERSONAL: Born Daniel James Blocker on Jan. 5, 1999… Native of Waukee, Iowa… Son of Jeff and Merri Blocker… Has one sibling, Samantha Blocker… Went to Waukee High School... Chose UNI because it is close to home and has a great track program… Double-majoring in marketing and finance… Loves dogs and likes to fish in his free time… In 10 years he hopes to be the proud owner of 10 pit bulls.
